DNP Select Income Fund (DNP) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OBDC or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 179 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 15 68.18%	Underperform Votes 7 31.82%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$1.58B	3.65	$753.61M	$1.79	8.26
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Blue Owl Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is OBDC or DNP more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 43.61% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.66% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	43.61%	12.66%	5.62%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer OBDC or DNP?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 5 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 6 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.63 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OBDC or DNP?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OBDC or DNP a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 82.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.